Knowledge exchange: User groups and forums
Collaborative environments for industry discussions
For almost 100 years, WRc has played a trusted and independent role at the heart of the UK water sector, bringing together water companies, regulators, supply chain partners, innovators, researchers and policymakers to address shared challenges. Our long-standing reputation for technical excellence, impartiality, and industry insight makes us at WRc uniquely placed to facilitate knowledge exchange that delivers real value.
Through our user groups and forums, we provide a collaborative environment in which members can share experiences, discuss emerging issues, explore new technologies and develop practical solutions to common challenges. By connecting professionals from across the sector, we help organisations learn from one another, reduce duplication of effort and accelerate the adoption of best practice and innovation.
Whether the focus is operational performance, asset management, water quality, environmental protection or future resilience, WRc’s forums provide a trusted platform for informed discussion, peer learning and collective progress across the water industry.
I’m interested in participating in a groupDisinfection Forum
Perfect for: An interest and active role in disinfection research
The Disinfection Forum is a well-established and collaborative hub for sharing best practice and exploring research relevant to drinking water disinfection. Members benefit from expert technical support and advice, as well as access to the regularly updated Ct Toolbox – informed by robust science and designed to provide industry-leading assurance and optimisation of disinfection processes.
With 18 companies participating, there is no better platform to drive improvements in disinfection practice and policy across the UK.
Participate in the Disinfection ForumThe Odour Management User Group
Perfect for: An interest and active role in odour management
This user group covers odour management topics and sharing and promoting odour management best practice. The meeting incorporates presentations from WRc and invited speakers from regulators, industry and academia and the supply chain. Where beneficial, workshops are included to increase understanding and to share knowledge and awareness of specific challenges and issues.
Copies of the presentations and summaries of the key findings from the meetings or workshops are issued to participants enable sharing of the knowledge and insights gained with water company colleagues. Site visits are held to witness innovations in practice.
Participate in the Odour Management User GroupSystem Resilience Forum
Perfect for: Water companies
Facilitated by WRc, the Systems Resilience Forum offers an opportunity for water companies to have an open discussion about the national shift to systems thinking, asset health and long-term resilience, helping to shape a consistent industry-led approach to system resilience.
Previous meetings have explored topics around defining system resilience, benefits and challenges of a systems approach and opportunities to influence progress.
Participate in the System Resilience ForumPFAS and Emerging Contaminates Forum
Perfect for: An interest in PFAS and emerging contaminates and/or an active role in the water industry
The forum is a valuable platform for water industry professionals to exchange insights and address challenges related to PFAS management.
Attendees receive the latest updates on PFAS regulations, risk assessments and treatment best practices presented by leading experts in the field. The forum provides a structured, regulator-informed environment for water quality professionals to collectively interpret emerging evidence, share practical experience and stress-test PFAS strategies against likely regulatory trajectories, strengthening confidence that AMP8 investments are robust, defensible and resilient to change.
Participate in the PFAS and Emerging Contaminates ForumWould you like to collaborate with other members?
If you would like to attend a group or forum to share your knowledge and expertise, we’d love for you to join us.
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